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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 4519075, member: 15481&quot;]The coins of the later Roman republic are special. As it had now been accepted to use the coin as a medium to get a message across to the people, I find many of the issues far more interesting than coinage of the emperors. More research has to be done, though, and a lot of the history of these moneyers has been lost.</p><p>So why did two generations of the Piso family choose the same image of a youth on horseback on their reverses, and Apollo on obverse? It is likely that this had to do with the yearly Apollonian games. Why did the Pisos want to be associated with these games?</p><p><br /></p><p>«<i><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Livy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Livy" rel="nofollow">Livy</a> suggests that it was C. Calpurnius Piso, not L. Varus, who made the games permanent as praetor in 211 BC. “The Games of Apollo had been exhibited the previous year, and when the question of their repetition the next year was moved by the praetor Calpurnius, the senate passed a decree that they should be observed for all time</i>.»</p><p><br /></p><p>Read more about the Ludi Apollinares here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ludi+Apollinares" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ludi+Apollinares" rel="nofollow">https://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ludi+Apollinares</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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